Always There! ViRtual cARe reAImagined!
We bring highly advanced and clinically meaningful technology to solve the biggest challenges in healthcare: time, resources (people & financial) and patient outcomes. Our platform has been designed with our healthcare and MedTech hats on, and our computer science expertise enhances it. We make human integration possible by extending the frontline clinician's senses (sight, hearing and touch) to give the remote experts the capacity to act remotely in a clinical environment, which otherwise would not have been possible. A prominent feature of our solution is simplicity, which is often hard to achieve when it comes to advance technologies. We understand that frontline clinicians are treating patients, and any technology they use should be effortless and seamless. To that extent, our frontline clinicians only have three tasks: turn the smart glasses on, wear it and ask it to connect to a call using audio commands! The remote expert can then have complete control over the smart glasses to interact and provide guidance as necessary. We offer Intuitive, scalable, easy-to-use, and affordable technology that combines the power of wearable IoT, AR and AI to allow human interoperability beyond geographical borders to instantly share patient care knowledge and help deliver best practices. This, in turn, leads to treating patients and, most importantly, improving patient outcomes. Furthermore, our solution is versatile and can be used in any healthcare setting; the operating room, outpatient clinics, critical care units, and even out in the field on board an ambulance. Every patient, everywhere at any time!
Healthcare problems such as shortage of physicians and nurses, high cost of care, inefficiencies, poor outcomes and preventable medical errors are not confined to any particular geography. A global shortage of physicians and nurses leads to inequity in care, and healthcare professionals are unwilling to move to remote and rural areas. And, referring the patient to larger centers is costly and delays the time for clinical decision-making, leading to poorer patient outcomes. The bridge to this gap is remote technologies, but Inadequate telemedicine tools such as handheld devices do not allow for a comprehensive assessment nor any interaction beyond audiovisuals. In addition, hand and eye coordination and situational awareness with handheld devices are limiting factors in receiving adequate visuals. Unless a second person points the handheld device to the area of interest, which is inefficient given the existing shortage of staff and security and privacy concerns. Using our technology, the frontline clinician can instantly & securely access the remote experts with the confidence of receiving over-the-shoulder guidance using augmented reality functions. All the while keeping their hands free while increasing situational awareness. When it comes to telemedicine, privacy is always a concern, and our solution addresses this by blurring any faces in the videos using our AI algorithm. Our ecosystem improves access to care for patients by eliminating geographical and access barriers to care and brings care close to home! Ultimately reducing the burden on health system resources while improving quality of care and health equity.
We have data from various single-centre pilot studies. We currently have a large province-wide pilot pending that will provide large-scale data to be published. Some of the key metrics so far: - Time-saving: access to expert advice on-demand decreased intraprocedural wait times during complex device implantation. - Cost-saving: Case cancellation during a first-in-man trial was avoided. The expert supporting the case tested positive for COVID, and the case would have been cancelled. Using TeleVU remote support was possible, and the case went as scheduled. - Efficiencies: 10% more ambulance availability due to improved medical support using TeleVU on-route to hospital ER. The same pilot shows a 25% reduction in ambulance transport call rejections. - Patient outcomes: Mozambique has one plastics surgeon who received an emergency patient with a risk of losing their arm. The surgeon connects with Cedar Sinai hospital and successfully operates on the patient to save the arm! - Resources: The same surgeon in Mozambique has been able to train other local physicians. - Patient outcome and cost: The new surgical technique shared by DC Children's hospital surgeon with the South African surgical team saved the young patient significant complications and the next-day discharge. - Resources & Cost: The clinician tested positive for COVID and otherwise would have been prohibited from attending the surgery. With TeleVU, he was able to take part in the case remotely and guide his surgical partner without having to cancel the case and potentially have a poor patient outcome due to delays in receiving surgical treatment. and many other anecdotal examples.
